Egusi (C. lanatus) is a wild melon, similar in appearance to the watermelon. The flesh is inedible, but the seeds are a valuable food source in Africa. Other species that have the same culinary role, and that are also called egusi include Cucumeropsis mannii and Lagenaria siceraria.
2. alveolitis-inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic. farmer's lung, thresher's lung-alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay.
medical definition of alveolar 1 of relating to resembling or having alveoli 2 of relating to or constituting the part of the jaws where the teeth arise the air cells of the lungs or glands with secretory cells about a central spacef relating to resembling or having alveoli especially of relating to or constituting the part of the jaws where the teeth arise the air containing compartments of the lungs or glands with secretory cells about a central space